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International learners will benefit from the educational resources of MSU and LCC with the institutions' new partnership.

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MSU and Lansing Community College, or LCC, are teaming up with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, or TVTC, of Saudia Arabia to provide practical education and experience for Saudi Arabian managers. The program is called the Training-Global Leadership Workshop for Higher Administration Management for the Technical Vocational Training Corporation of Saudi Arabia.

The Old Town General Store’s stock includes boxed water from a Grand Rapids company; Higher Grounds, a fair-trade, organic coffee roasted in Traverse City; organic beef; candy and gelato from Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor; and a selection of handmade body and facial products.

Dart Container Corp. Executive Vice President Jim Lammers talked to the LSJ about his role in the company's upcoming transformation.

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In November 2012, Dart announced a $47 million investment plan that will include the construction of a new warehouse and office building in Mason and the hiring of as many as 325 workers in the process.

The much anticipated, 80-unit Marketplace development is now moving forward in Downtown Lansing.

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Developer Pat Gillespie’s Marketplace project is officially underway, with the Lansing City Pulse reporting environmental remediation of the site has begun, a process that will take about 60 days to complete.

A new women’s clothing and accessories chain recently opened a Eastwood Towne Center location.

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Houston-based Francesca’s Holdings Corp. is an apparel and accessories retailer that caters to 18- to 35-year olds. It has about 400 stores nationwide, including 10 in Michigan. Nearby locations are in Grand Rapids and Novi.

Meridian Township officials said the Salvation Army has signed a lease for the 28,000-square-foot building at 2655 E. Grand River and hopes to open Aug. 2. The storefront has been largely empty since the defunct Circuit City chain closed its location there more than seven years ago.

Each year the university spends hundreds of millions of dollars on services, office supplies, construction materials, food, vehicles and other products. MSU on Tuesday announced it will make sure that at least half of the transactions are with in-state suppliers.

A group of local organizations are working togeter to creat the Capital Area Tech Knowledge E-Pathways scholarship program to meet talent demands from the IT industry.

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The Capital Area IT Council, Capital Area Michigan Works, Lansing Community College and other partners are working to provide an answer to the IT sector’s talent shortage through a $4.4 million U.S. Department of Labor grant.

Jackson National Life has announced a $100 million expansion and plans to hire 1,000 new employees.

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The insurer and and financial services company plans to add two buildings to its corporate headquarters site near Okemos Road and Interstate 96. The 1,000 jobs that will come with it — at an expected clip of 100 to 200 a year — will have a ripple effect on the local economy, which many community leaders welcome with open arms.

Valu Land, owned by Grand Rapids-based Spartan Stores Inc., is expected to open by late summer, spokeswoman Jeanne Norcross said. It will occupy roughly 20,000-25,000 square feet in the Colonial Village Shopping Center near the intersection of West Mount Hope Avenue and Boston Boulevard.

Three firms are vying to redevelop a key downtown East Lansing property after a committee narrowed the field down from six.

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The three firms — rental housing company DTN Management Co. of Lansing Township; Urban Cultural and Arts District LLC, represented by Lansing’s Studio Intrigue Architects LLC; and Lurvey White Ventures, a Flint developer — survived the first cut in an effort to repurpose 2.8 acres of publicly owned land near the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road.